(10-28-2020 02:22 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  If I was dividing it up then I would think along these lines...

1. Eastern teams
2. Any expansion would be from large markets
3. Look for basketball prowess

UAB, Middle Tennessee, FAU, FIU, Georgia State, Charlotte, Western Kentucky, Marshall, Liberty, Old Dominion

A 10-team league would work just fine and be fairly compact. They could do a CCG as well.

That would be doing a favor for the remaining CUSA members, right? 6 remaining members collect the exit fees from 8 departing members, they only need to add 2 FBS programs to keep CUSA's FBS status, and it should be easy to get New Mexico State and Texas State to join. The Sun Belt would also be ok because they'd still have 8 FBS members if Georgia State and Texas State left.